Block-scraper.



G. C. BEMIS.

BLOCK SCRAPBR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 21, 1909.

954,497 Patented Apr'. 12, 1910.

m1/Mam@ GILBERT c. Bama or LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS, Assreiton To woncnsrna BRUSH `a SGBAPEB COIPN'Y, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSA- CHUSETTS.

'Specieation of\ Letters Patent. Patented Ap1. 12, 1910.

` Application iiled September 21, 1909. Serial No. 518,786.

To all 'whom 'it may concern.'

1 Be it -known that I, GILBERT C. BEMIs,l a

citizen of the United States, residing at- Lynn, in the-county of Essex and State -of .5 Massachusetts, `have invented' an Improve-l ment in Block-Scrapers, of which the following description, 1n connection with the accompanying drawin s, is a speciiicatio'n, likenumerals on the rawings representing like parts. l i

My invention is a `block scraper for butchers use in scraping and cleaning their meat chopping blocks, and has for lts principal object the provision of a scra er which is extremely rlgid. and capable o scraping or cutting the block with a minimum pressure, besides being readily cleaned simply by dipping it in hot water.

The construction and various advanta es of my inventionA will appear more fu y from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawin s, in which I have shown thesame.

n the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the block scraper in its .preferred embodiment; Fi 2 is a horizontal sectional view thereof ta en approximately on the line 2 2 Fig. 3; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 Fi 2; Fig. 4 shows the scraper blades and tie way they are cut; and Fig. is a view of the scraper in side elevation. i. v l

The scraper is'entirely of metal, prefer ably stamped out, and so put together that it is extremely strong and rigidnotwithstanding its light and apparentlyfrail structure. The blades 1 2 are c ut as shown in Fig. 4, and instead of tively close together as heretofore, they are 4Q spaced vwidely a art as shown in Fig. 1,

` being separated y ferrules 3 mounted on connecting rivets or bolts 4 which hold the successive blades lrigidly together.- Side.

supports 5 are provided in closing the ends 45 of the blades, each preferably havln a projecting rib 6 at its top edge for vfac itating the holdin thereof and for aifordin a smooth sur ace for the alm of the hand to bear upon. The ends o these side supports are bent inwardly in semicylindrical manner as indicated at 7, and within the cavities orhousings thus formed I mount the adjacent snugly fitting end ears 8 of a stii end ieee-or bridging strut 9 whichv is secured) to the rest of the scraper by the boltsl being set compara-0 or rivets 4 adjacent its upperend and by transverse rivetsl 10 at the lower lend of its ears `8. Tightly held b the rivets V4 against said ends .9.are two o the blades 1, 2 flat against each other, whereas throughout the remaining length of the scraper eachvbl'ade stands alone.

Viewing Fig. 4, it will be seen that the blades are-cut from a sheet of steel so as to interlock` rgiithout loss of metal, each bl(ade terminating at one end in a tooth .11 iush. with the end and at its other end being offsetasindica'ted at 12 and said blades are i set along the scraper so that the lteeth are out of alinement with each other viewing the sera er longitudinally. In vother words, the us end 11A of one blade engages the adjacent 'side 5, whereas the offset end 12 of the next blade engages said iside and' so on, only the alternate blades being alike in this respect. At the .ends however thetwo kinds of blades are set flat against each other as shpwn best inFig. 3, as the greatest-strain I comes on the blades at this point, and Ihave found that, by arranging them in the manner described so that the teeth can spring somewhat and yet will mutuall support each other, increased scraping e ciency is secured. As further conducing to this'end I sharpen "the ends ofthe teeth ona. bevel as clearly shown in Fig. 5,r so that halfA of the blades tend to cut lnto the block when the scraper is pulled longitudinally in one direction andthe other half of the blades tend' to cut into the block when the scraper is pulled or pushed longitudinally in the opposite direction. A further object of having two blades with-overlapping teeth iixed flat against each other at each end of the scraper is that, besides giving greatest stiffness, it gives a wider cutting edge and therefore a smoother cut or scrapingeiect, thereby leveling down or smoothing out what- 'cver unevenness the other blades may have los beveled sharpening, above described, causes the scraper to scrape and cut in both directions. It can be sharpened easily because of the wide spacing of the blades for the easy entrance of the emery wheel or file.' By

' having the teeth or blades wide' apart it cuts with less ressure. The longitudinal and transverse rlvets and the out-turned end or ears of. the end holder late fitted in the cylindrical ended recess o the sides, cause great strength and rigidity.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters nPatent is,

1. A block scraper, havin opposite side hand-holds lextending' in the ireetion of the length of the scraper and of its scraping movement, a series of cutting blades extending transversely of the scraper, said blades abutting at their respective ends adjacent the respective side handholds perpendicularly thereto, each blade having at its lower portion a plurality of resilient scraper teeth with their` ends sharpened on a bevel termi-J nating in a cutting edge lying in the vertical plane of one of the sides of said blade,

part of said blades having said cutting edges lying in the plane of thesides toward one direction of th secon mentionedl end of the scraper.

2. A block scraper, having opposite side hand -holds extendingin the directionof the length of the scraper and of its scraping movement, a series of cutting blades extending transversely of the scraper, said blades abutting at their respective ends adjacent the respective side hand holds perpendicularly thereto, each blade having at lts lower e scraper ends.. tl1ereof for spacing the bladesl apart` and riveting them 1n rigidimmovable relation to each other, opposite side pieces embracing the ends of sald blades and having inwardly bent anges forming semi-cylindricalrecesses, and hand holders havin ears fitting snugly within said recesses an immovably secured to said side pieces for bracp'ing the opposite ends of the scraper.

4. In a block scraper, transverse blades terminating at their lower edges in reslhent teeth, said blades being spaced apart throughout the length ofthe scraper, saidscraper at its opposite ends having ltwov blades aiixed fiat against each other with their teeth out of longitudinal alinement whereby each tooth of one blade hasfa slight yield and is held in supported enga ement by two teeth of theother blade, an hand holds extending lengthwise of the scraper and embracing the ends of the blades thereof, said side hand holds projecting beyond the ends of the double end blades, and endholder plates secured against said beveled end blades and having laterally bent'ears secured fiatv a ainst the projecting ends of said hand hol s) In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GILBERT C. BEMIS. Witnesses:

M. J. SPALDING, EDWARD MAXJWELL. 

